An evaluation by health ministry at end of the programme's first year, covering over 12,000 registered users, demonstrated an average quit rate of about 7 per cent among both smokers and smokeless tobacco

The tobacco industry is hampering efforts to introduce life-saving interventions in low and middle-income countries, according to a report by the World Health Organization.
Countries covering two-thirds

One of the world's biggest cigarette companies, British American Tobacco, has taken Kenya's government to court over its move to make anti-smoking laws stricter.
Health groups in Kenya say that international

The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About

The World Health Organisation has revealed that tobacco waste contains over 7000 toxic chemicals that poison the environment, including human carcinogens.
According to WHO, tobacco smoke emissions contribute

The WHO award is given to governments or individuals who show exceptional zeal in tobacco control.
UNION HEALTH Minister J P Nadda is set to get the World Health Organization’s (WHO) award for outstanding